Michel Preud'homme

Michel Preud'homme

Preud'homme in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Michel Georges Jean Ghislain Preud'homme[1]
Date of birth	(1959-01-24) 24 January 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth	Ougrée, Belgium
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Standard Liège (vice-president & sports director)
Youth career
1969–1977	Standard Liège
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1986	Standard Liège	240	(0)
1986–1994	Mechelen	263	(0)
1994–1999	Benfica	147	(0)
Total		650	(0)
International career
1979–1994	Belgium	58	(0)
Managerial career
2001–2002	Standard Liège
2006–2008	Standard Liège
2008–2010	Gent
2010–2011	Twente
2011–2013	Al-Shabab
2013–2017	Club Brugge
2018–2020	Standard Liège
Medal record Representing  Belgium UEFA European Championship Runner-up 1980 Italy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michel Georges Jean Ghislain Preud'homme (born 24 January 1959) is a Belgian retired footballer and manager who played as a goalkeeper. Currently, he is vice-president and sports director at Standard Liège.

He was considered one of the world's best and most consistent goalkeepers during his professional career;^[2] he was the first winner of the Yashin Award as the best goalkeeper at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

At club level, Preud'homme played for Standard Liège, Mechelen and Benfica. With Mechelen, he won the Belgian Cup in 1987, the Cup Winner's Cup and the European Super Cup in 1988 and the Belgian league title in 1989. He also won the Portuguese Cup with Benfica in 1996. He retired as a player in 1999, aged 40. For Belgium, Preud'homme was capped 58 times, from 1979 to 1994. Other than the 1994 World Cup, he also played in the 1990 tournament.^[3]